Concerned about the impact of nuclear plant retirements in the state, Michigan officials have asked MISO to conduct a reliability analysis that assumes simultaneous outages at the Palisades and Fermi 2 nuclear plants. 

FERC ordered ISO-NE to provide it more information to prove that the 2013-14 winter reliability program resulted in just and reasonable rates.

MISO wants to end the White Pine SSR for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, saying the ATC transmission reconfiguration will ensure reliability.

ERCOT broke the 70,000-MW barrier for the first time Monday afternoon, setting a new systemwide hourly peak demand that may not last the week.

The PJM Board OKd more than $636 million in transmission projects, including a $320 million market efficiency project — its largest ever

MISO said it would review a plan that could end the system support resource agreement for White Pine Unit 1 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

At the NARUC Summer Committee Meetings, stakeholders discussed public opposition to infrastructure development, the need for more utility workers and the Plains & Eastern Clean Line.

The PJM Capacity Performance rules got little love during a NARUC panel discussion on the role of states versus markets in procuring electric generation.

Regulators urged their colleagues at the NARUC summer conference to join them in developing cybersecurity rules for electric distribution companies.

Increased natural gas prices and congestion in MISO South boosted energy prices 23% in June, the RTO reported in an Informational Forum.